It's almost October - let's talk baseball playoffs!

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I give you credit where credit is due. Often, it is the under-paid young guns who really make the team a success.

I was reading today that the Yankees combined salaries are 3 times of the Indians (Cleveland has the 2nd lowest salary total in the AL). The Yankees have 10 players receiving $10million + per year, with 3 over $20 mm. The Indians highest paid player is CC making $8.75 mm per year. The Padres only have one player at $10mm.

I hate to see Steinbrenner buy his team that way. I think he is still mad that he couldn't buy the Indians back in the 70s. Greed typically isn't a trait of Cleveland natives.

I guess you have not read the papers this year-Boss George is not running the team.

And the Yanks have the money to spend any way that they wish to.

Just between merchandise and YES=$$$$$$

Add in new stadium.....

Sports (most sports) have not been pure sports in years. More like entertainment+business+sport=money.

We could start a whole thread on this but lets try to keep this thread "pure" to OP's starting point.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Sports (most sports) have not been pure sports in years. More like entertainmnet+business+sport=money.

To go off topic for a moment: As a sports/entertainment/event mgmnt major, I've realized there are two ways to look at sports:

From a business POV
From a fans POV

These two are almost always very different from each other. While both wants to win (most of the time) they are very different in other aspects.

Just something to think about